Retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba, has rejected suggestions that the removal of the Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office was part of a pre-planned move to purge or reset the judiciary.
In a yet-to-be-aired interview with JoyNews' Elton Brobbey, Justice Atuguba argued that the action taken by the President was consistent with constitutional provisions and should not be misconstrued as a politically motivated scheme. "When parties are contesting elections, don't they have their manifestos as to what they will come and do when elected into power?
So, when they are elected and they are implementing the manifesto, what's wrong with it?
It is premeditated and endorsed by the voters," he said. "You mean somebody should just come to power without any programme for running the country?
